The most inane criticism that reform conservatives hear

The Week ^ | March 31, 2015 | Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

[MaxMax]

What you've posted is true, to make Government everybody's broke sugar daddy.

and instead offer nothing but "preaching" to working-class families
to get their houses in order.

Government shouldn't be in the job of taking from others to fix Stupid. "Those People"
will wake up and grind out a job like the rest of us if the Gov kicks them out of the basement.

[annalex]

Could this be classified as an amorphous religious worldview since it is based upon belief?

No. It could be classified as a superstition though. Religion must be a system of thought that explains to man his relationship with God and teaches how to live a moral life based on that. Religion, moreover, must have a positive track record of improving lives and attracting followers.

A mere belief, even is shared by many is not yet religion.

[annalex]

The religions started by Abraham: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Common to them is monotheism and a moral code that is based on man’s responsibility before God.

[DuncanWaring]

the idea that people have some control over and responsibility for their circumstances

I don't believe that's correct for Muslims; they believe that whatever happens or doesn't happen is "Allah's Will" - they have no control over it.

[Loud Mime]

BfLR

[annalex]

Yeah, but still Islam insists on what is considers proper conduct, including the obligation, for example, to convert or subjugate non-muslims, pray and dress in a particular way, have fasts, and so on. You can’t ask that of a robot.

[GeronL]

I do not accept any hyphenation of conservatism, because it usually means NOT-CONSERVATIVE

[GeronL]

Islam is not an Abrahamic religion, that was a lie for legitimacy

[wintertime]

There is a difference between a religious worldview and allegiance to a specific religion.

For instance, all sentient people must choose a godless worldview, a god(s)-centered worldview, or one that does not know if a god(s) exists. All of it is based on belief and can not be proven and none of the three religious beliefs ( godless, god-centered, or agnostic) can be proven. None of the three religious belief systems is dependent on a specific religion.

[annalex]

I do not accept any hyphenation of conservatism

Conservatism, like any major worldview, has people with different opinions on some topics. For example, there are conservative people that accept this fact and conservative people who don't.

Islam is not an Abrahamic religion

Wikipedia

[annalex]

Well, yes. Leftism is a belief system; my point was, and is, that it is not a religion like any respectable religion I know.

[GeronL]

Islam cannot be traced back to Abraham, it was made up centuries later.

[annalex]

I just go by the conventional term, accepted commonly.

As a matter of fact, too, Islam was not invented in entirety. The Koran, for example, has many chapters on Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist. It is, most likely, a Christian heretical sect, of which prophet Mohammed took control in 6c.